Judy Ann Santos to be paired with Ogie Alcasid in Regal film

(From left) Iza Calzado, Regal Films matriarch Mother Lily Monteverde, Ogie Alcasid, Judy Ann Santos, and Ploning director Dante Nico Garcia pose during the launching party of the Ploning Foundation. The event, which doubled as a thanksgiving party for the indie film, took place last February 22 at Dolce Bar in Quezon City.

Last week, the staff of Panoramanila Pictures Co.
distributed invites to members of the press showing a photo of the Oscar trophy
and the words "Ploning Foundation" decorated with two lychees.

The golden trophy in the invite refers to the Oscar bid of Ploning as the
Best Foreign Film representative of the Philippines to the 81st Academy Awards.
Unfortunately, it was not able to enter the Top 9 entries chosen worldwide.

On the hand, the lychees are significant to the plot of the film because the
canned fruit is considered special food in Cuyo, Palawan—the place where the
film was shot entirely.

Last night, February 22, Judy Ann Santos made a big announcement regarding the
Ploning Foundation, contrary to what others thought would be a big announcement
regarding her upcoming wedding to Ryan Agoncillo.

Ploning director Dante Nico "Ga" Garcia then added: "We just want to
make it legit para yung mga donations, nabibilang ng tama at nagagamit sa
tamang paraan. Para it will be easier for people to help. We told the Film
Academy of the Philippines about the plans and ang problem sa Ploning,
dumating ako sa U.S. ng October 9, Thanksgiving na. Ang problem, yung mga
writers, they worked for the Oscars during the summer pero pag Thanksgiving and
New Year, wala na sila. Ang daming oras na nasayang na hindi ako makapag
meeting."

They also wish that the FAP will choose the Philippine representative at a much
earlier time. "Sana mas maaga pipiliin, yun yung pinakiusap namin sa FAP then
middle of the year, nagsisimula nang mag-plan at maka-book na ng theaters.

Judy Ann also mentioned that if their film Ploning made it to the Top 9, they
would have created another fundraising that would ask people: "Ano ang susuotin
ni Ploning sa Oscars?"

BYE PLONING, HELLO DARLING. Speaking of looks, the actress arrived at
the event with a new hairstyle that is wavy instead of her usual straight
black. Why is she sporting curly hair now? Is it in preparation of upcoming
wedding to fiancé Ryan Agoncillo?

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"Hindi, gusto ko lang maiba yung itsura ko kasi parang time
na rin to move on from Ploning di ba? I've been doing Ploning for
the past year, eto na ‘to, goodbye to and farewell to Ploning and hello
to the Ploning Foundation! And hello to Darling!"

According to Direk Dante, Darling will be the name of her character in his
upcoming comedy film to be produced by Regal Entertainment. The film is
conceptualized by Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez and it will be topbilled by
no less than her boyfriend, Ogie Alcasid.

Ga, a long-time friend and the stylist of Juday for the past 16 years, says
that he wants this comedy film to show how fun it is when friends collaborate
on a movie together.

PEP spotted GMA-7 documentarist and I-Witness host Howie Severino that
night at Dolce Bar and he mentioned that this upcoming drama-comedy film, to be produced by Panoramanila, is
based on war veterans residing in Powell Street in San Francisco, U.S.A.

(From left) Iza Calzado, Regal Films matriarch Mother Lily Monteverde, Ogie Alcasid, Judy Ann Santos, and Ploning director Dante Nico Garcia pose during the launching party of the Ploning Foundation. The event, which doubled as a thanksgiving party for the indie film, took place last February 22 at Dolce Bar in Quezon City.

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